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Edit and delete your discussion topics

On the Discussions page, select a discussion you created to access it. Select the Edit button to make changes. You can't edit a discussion title after you created it.

A discussion post, with the Edit button highlighted above the post text

On the Discussions page, you can delete a discussion you created if no one has responded. The menu won't appear if responses exist.

Discussion topic, with the menu open to delete a discussion

Edit and delete your responses and replies

Open the menu to access Edit and Delete. If you delete your initial response, all replies remain.

A discussion post, with the More options menu expanded to show the options to Edit and Delete

When replies remain, the post is replaced by a message about the deletion so that others know what happened.

A deleted post with the system message that the post has been deleted

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